1840

13-20th April

To Skåne once again. Via Malmø to Hyby.

17 April

Tribute from the students at Lund, Sweden.

13 May

En Comedie i det Grønne (A Comedy Out in the Open Air. Vaudeville in one Act) (Adapted from Dorvigny and Kotzebue) is staged at the Royal Theatre. Music by Edv. Helsted. 33 performances during HCA's life.

Receives a fee of 40 rdl. for the play, something HCA later feels is out of proportion with the success of the play. Requests in 1842 that the fee by adjusted to 100 rdl.